Road or pavement



..5 B PAGE ROAD 0R PAVEMENT Flled May 24 1920 if? Z fra/4 'Patented New E3, @23s WTE@ .- if* ENTQN'PGE? 0F BIRMNGHM, LBAMA.

ROAD 0R 'VEMENT.

To all fwfzom. 'it may concern:

Be it known that JAMES BENTON PAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Birmingham, in the countyl of Jeerson and State of Alabama, have invente oer- `tain new and useful Improvements in oads or Pavements, of which the following is a specilication.

's invention relates to roads or pavements; and it comprises a road or pavement having a base of flat hollow tile laid horizon- A tally and vertical hollow tile arranged thereon with a filling of relatively coarse material-inthe vertical hollow tile, advantageously to a point slightly below 'their upper ends, and a finishing surface of asphalt, macadam or the like vas a top, extending within the vertical tile; all as more fully hereinafter set forth and as claimed.

An object of m invention is the provision of a road in whlch the vhase or concrete is strongly reinforced and in which the top or the surface is held in position by the reinforcing means.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown one form of a specific embodiment of my invention. In the drawings;

Figure l is a transverse section through a road built in accordance with my invention; f Figure 2 is a top view partly in section '(the section bein taken at diiierent points) along line 2-2 o? Figure 1;

`.Figure 3 is a detailed perspective of one form of vertical hollow tile I may employ; ang

The hollow flat tiles l are laid face down in the bottom of a proper excavation, and the vertical tiles 2 are placed thereon preferm ably in such a position that the lower end of the tiles 2 crosses meeting ends of the flat tiles 1. The material which is to constitute the base of the road is thereupon placed in the vertical tiles and rests upon; the `ieee of the tiles 1, some of it passing be is e similar view of the iiat hol and is rolled 3.929. zlerial frio. 353,739.

Advantageously the have indicated as 3 tween adjacent tiles l. base material which l may consist of concrete or the like and is used to lill the vertical tiles to a height somewhat short of` their upper ends. The top l which may consist or asphalt or macadam or the like is then placed upon the tile base l.

come by the reinforcing eect of the vertical @5 tiles. The construction outlined results in a number or shoulders extending upwardly into the asphalt when it is rolled mto the vertical or upstanding tiles. This will stop the flow ormovement, swelling or buckling l@ of the asphalt when it is rolled or tamped into position. v y

The serrated surfaces of the tile receive the base material with the result that the tiles are locked to each other material is securely held What l claim' is-:- 1. A road comprising two layers oi hollow4 tiles the lower laver being arranged atwise in position.

and the upper layer being arranged verti so cally thereon, with a filling of base material in the vertical tiles and a top ofiinishing material on the base material.

A. road comprising' two layers of hollow tiles, the lower layer being arranged latwise 85 and the upper layer being arranged vertically thereon, with a filling of base material in the vertical tiles to a point below the top thereof, and a filling of the finishing Law,-v

terial or top on said base extending downse Wardly in tc the vertical tiles. f

in testimony whereof, I ax my signe ture hereto.

aai/ias sueros 'rasa and tamped into position coralt or macadam forms a The vertical and the bese 7e 

